This dog was separated from its owner briefly on the Orange Line Tuesday. The doors opened again and the dog was returned safely to its owner.

One dog owner got a scare Tuesday afternoon when the doors of an MBTA train suddenly shut behind her, and her pet was still on board.

It happened around 4:39 p.m. as the woman was exiting an Orange Line train at Tufts Medical Center, and the doors closed before her pooch got off the train, witnesses said.

Krista Magnuson was on the train when it happened and took a photo of the dog sitting patiently with its leash stuck between the doors, looking at its helpless owner standing on the subway platform, holding the other end of the leash.

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“People were pretty concerned, as you can see if you look at faces in the photo,” Magnuson said in an e-mail to the Globe.

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